Dermot and Lily Murphy want to warn others about Strep A after it claimed the life of their beloved daughter Vivienne
The heartbroken parents of a 10-year-old girl who tragically died after contracting Strep A are determined to warn others about the seriousness of the disease. Dermot and Lily Murphy lost their beloved daughter Vivienne in March 2019, just over two weeks after she started feeling unwell and suffering from a sore throat, the Irish Mirror reports.
Dermot knew Vivienne needed urgent medical help and drove her to Cork University Hospital. During their examination, doctors noticed that the schoolgirl had a black mark on her leg and immediately ordered blood tests. When the results came back, “all hell broke loose”, with the nurse telling Dermot and Lily that their daughter was seriously ill.
As Vivienne’s condition deteriorated, medics decided to put her under anaesthetic. Her parents recall the final words she said before she was put to sleep. The disease had spread up her leg onto her buttocks, across her abdomen, and had slowly started creeping down her left leg. Doctors explained that the black mark started out as Strep-A, which led to sepsis, and then to shock, and that led to necrotising fasciitis.
“It was the longest night of our lives,” said Lilly. “Then they told us that she was brain dead, and there was no hope.”
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